[Ohioan]

Republican representative democracy is not the opposite of communism. Under our system of government in the US, everyone is encouraged to vote for what he wants. Then, government aims its guns at the minority who didn’t agree with the majority, and forces the minority to pay money (or do more) to support the outcome they didn’t want. ......Even in our early days, when senators to the US Congress were not popularly elected, but were appointed by state legislatures (therefore, ostensibly, appointed by the best and brightest), our form of government was just a dressed-up version of mob rule.

This is simply not true. The Constitution does not provide for mob rule, but only a limited exercise of Government for the "Common defence and general welfare," that is, giving words their ordinary meaning, Government for the whole people, not for the views or interests of factions. What the writer suggests is directly contrary to the intentions of the Founders. It might help if he had ever read any of the Federalist Papers--such as #10, where Madison specifically addresses the prevention of the very evil that the writer claims is possible under the Constitution.

The fault is not in our system, but in the usurpation of power by politicians, which a dumbed down electorate fails to really understand. But writers such as this only compound the public misunderstanding.

William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site

[AdamSelene235]

What the writer suggests is directly contrary to the intentions of the Founders.

The Founding Lawyers agreed on very little. Furthermore, they were writing their future job descriptions. You better believe they planted loopholes in the document.

It might help if he had ever read any of the Federalist Papers--such as #10, where Madison specifically addresses the prevention of the very evil that the writer claims is possible under the Constitution.

The Federalist Papers were propanganda designed to sell a cleverly sabotaged Constitution. Why did Hamilton and Madison conceal their authorship for decades? Why did the the Federalists shut down newspaper's that presented anti-Federalist views?